A/N: One of my longer chapters. I'm proud of that fact, but anyway, it's the wedding chapter so I hope it's sufficient enough. There is one more chapter left so I hope you'll stick with me until the end. I actually already have the next chapter finished. I'm debating whether to wait a week before posting it or post earlier, but either way I hope you enjoy.

*I'm posting this early because I figured I would just post the last chapter tomorrow so enjoy it*

Chapter Twenty-One: Leyton Wedding

Grace opens her eyes when she hears the person next to her yawn.

"My mom's getting married today," Grace says with a smile.

"I know, that's all that we have been hearing about for the past week," Sam says with a groan as she sits up and sighs.

Grace sits up as well and just continues to smile.

"How many kids can say that they were there when their parents got married?"

Sam stands up from the bed and stretches.

"Not much, I mean I was there when mine were married, but then again I was adopted so it's different with you."

Grace throws the covers back and gets up as well. She heads to her dresser and looks at herself in the mirror.

"I've had to do more stuff then you for this wedding. I don't see how you can be so tired," Grace says as she hears Sam yawn another time.

Sam walks behind Grace.

"I was the one with the mother who decided to make everyone's dress and tuxes and she made me help so don't go there. Besides, your mother planned the wedding. You just helped set everything up," Grace nods her head. "How's your speech?" Grace's eyes widen in shock. She had completely forgotten about the maid of honor speech. Sam laughs. "You've got about 5 hours to come up with one. So, good luck."

Sam exits the room and Grace rubs the sleep out of her eyes.

"This is going to be a long as day."

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"You look beautiful," Brooke announces as she opens up Peyton's bedroom door. She gets a good look at her friend and smiles brightly. "

Peyton looks up from a smile.

"Don't make me cry. I really don't want to have to redo my make-up."

Brooke sits down next to Peyton and grabs her hands.

"The day has finally come. How do you feel?"

"To be honest, I wish it would have happened sooner like before everything, but at least I'm here and I will finally become Peyton Scott. Seventeen years and it's finally coming true. Seventeen years ago I had left because I was pregnant. Now I am marrying the man that got me that way. It's something for one of Lucas's books."

Brooke places one of Peyton's stray hairs behind Peyton's ear.

"The way I see it, you were always destined to be Peyton Scott."

"Thank-you Brooke, for being there for me all these years. For sticking by my decision and being here when everything changed. And thank you for letting Gracyn be my maid of honor."

"Of course, it was important to you. It's your day, a day worth remembering."

"Do you know where are girls are?"

Brooke smiles and nods her head.

"They are getting ready and then they are going to meet their boyfriends at the church which you need to be at now so we have got to go."

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"Are you ready for this man? There's no going back," Nathan says with a laugh.

"I am absolutely ready. I think I may have been ready since junior year. I finally get her," Lucas says after fixing his tie. He turns around and faces his best man, Nathan and Julian, his groom's man.

"You look like you're ready to get married."

"I've been ready, it was Peyton that wasn't. Does Haley have everything ready to go?"

Lucas had Haley ordained because their reverend fell through. Haley was the better choice anyway.

"Yeah, she's ready. We just need to get you into place and this thing can get started."

"Let's do this."

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"Come on Peyton, they're ready for you," Larry says as he holds out his hand. "You look like a wonderful bride by the way."

Peyton blushes and loops her arms through her father's.

"Let's go."

Peyton and Larry make it down the aisle and the wedding guests sit down. Grace smiles at her mom and then looks out at the audience were her boyfriend Brad was sitting. He winked at her. Grace started paying attention when it was time for the vows. Grace hears her dad groan and Haley just smiles.

"…Peyton Sawyer will become Peyton Scott. Lucas wrote this in the eighth grade. I remember him talking about her constantly. Not just the eighth grade, the ninth grade and the tenth grade and finally in our junior year, Lucas gathered up his courage talked to Peyton for the first time right here at this lake and she was a bitch."

Peyton is the first to laugh quickly followed by all the guests and members in the wedding.

"He said 'Haley, I talked to her,' and when I asked him if the fantasy was finally over he could finally admit that Peyton Sawyer was human after all and he said 'No, Peyton Sawyer is not human. She's an angel and she's my angel.' I believe in true love. I believe in love at first sight…"

Grace and Sam looked at their respective boyfriends and smile.

"I believe love conquers all. That doesn't mean there aren't going to be hard days or difficult things to deal with because there will be, but finding that person who does it for you and knowing that that person loves you back it just makes everything so much easier. Peyton Sawyer will become Peyton Scott. That was the dream and here we are nineteen years later and we all get to witness today a dream come true."

Nathan hands Lucas the wedding ring.

"Peyton, I've loved you since the first time I saw you. This ring and these words," Lucas places the ring on Peyton's finger. "are just simply ways to show the rest of the world what has been in my heart for as long as I've known you. I love you, Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer, I always have and I always will."

Peyton turns to her daughter, Grace gives her the ring. Peyton places it on Lucas's finger.

"Lucas Scott, we've been through so much together and despite how confused I've been or lost I might have gotten, there's always you finding me and saving me. You deserve to be adored. So, that's what we're going to do. Your daughter and me, we are going to adore you for years to come. I am so terribly in love with you and I always will be."

Haley steps closer to the couple.

"By the power vested in me by one minute minister dot com," everyone laughs. "I now pronounce you man and wife. Lucas Scott, you may kiss your bride."

"Finally!" Lucas exclaims.

Everyone claps as Peyton and Lucas kiss.

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"Welcome to the family Peyton Scott," Karen says with a smile.

Peyton turns away from Lucas at the reception and smiles at her mother in-law.

"It's good to officially be in the family. Thank you Karen."

Karen turns to her son with a proud smile on her face.

"I'm happy for you my boy," Karen cries out.

Lucas hugs his mother tightly.

"Thank you for coming. I know it was hard to get here."

Karen nods her head.

"I know that. Lily and I can't stay long either unfortunately, but there was no way I was missing my only son's wedding. I'm just going to catch up with Larry, but we will say goodbye before we leave."

Lucas turns to his wife and smiles.

"How does it feel to officially be a Scott?"

"It feels great actually. It feels more real now, being here with you and Grace and now all of us have the same last name."

Peyton turns her head up and kisses Lucas.

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"Speech time," Nathan states as he saddles up to his niece. "How is yours?"

Grace frowns. "I'm going to wing it."

"Are you sure you can handle it?"

Grace smirks at her uncle and raises an eyebrow.

"I grew up in foster care, what can't I handle?"

"Good point, but I'm up first so get ready to lose."

"We didn't bet on anything,"

Nathan just smirks and stands up on stage. He grabs the microphone and begins.

"It's not a secret that Lucas and I never really got along. Having the same father may make you have the same blood, but it doesn't mean you're brothers, not by a long shot. I guess that kind of snuck up on me, brotherhood. I hated Lucas, it was no secret like I said, but not a lot of you know why I hated him. It was because he was trying to steal my girlfriend away."

Peyton hides her face.

"Peyton Sawyer was my first girlfriend. But today she married my brother and I couldn't be happier because she married a good man. My wife Haley, has been friends with Lucas since they were kids and they both snuck into my world, a world that at the time the only thing that mattered to me was basketball. That's where our brotherhood started, Ravens basketball and now nineteen years later and we're still brothers, but without basketball and my world didn't end. Lucas, you made me become a better man by being who you are, keep it up," Nathan raises his glass. "To the bride and groom."

Nathan steps down as Grace steps up.

"I guess it's my turn," Grace says. Her parents like right at her with big smiles on their faces. "Growing up, every year I had a birthday I would always make the same wish, that wish being that I would finally get parents. At the time it didn't matter what age or what they did just as long as they were nice to me. When I was eight, I met Sam and together we were going to be adopted by a couple that couldn't conceive," Peyton and Lucas start to tear up because they know what was going to be said. "There was an accident and they had died and Sam and I were sent back to the group home and were never placed again, but we both got lucky. Sam got adopted by Brooke and Julian and I got in contact with my birth parents."

Everyone in the room turn their eyes to Peyton and Lucas and then back to Grace.

"The years after my eighth birthday only changed a little bit. I had wished that when I finally got parents that they wouldn't die on me. On my sixteenth birthday, my wish changed dramatically, I wished my family was going to be a great family and it came true," Grace wipes at her eyes to get rid of the tears. "Peyton and Lucas, two friends, two lovers, two parents, husband and wife, they were the parents that I had always dreamed of and now that I have that I have no idea what my other wishes will be to come. I am proud to be their daughter and I am proud to have witnessed this moment, this day where they got to say their vows and declare their love for the world to see. To Lucas and Peyton, or in my case, mom and dad."

There wasn't a dry eye left in the room after Gracyn's speech and Grace was proud of that.

Haley turns to her husband.

"You lost."

Nathan nods his head in agreement.

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"It seems our daughter has words just like her father," Peyton says as she rests her head on her husband's shoulder as they dance.

"I know and I'm proud of that fact. She looks like you, but she has my brains," Lucas says with a chuckle. Peyton smacks him on the shoulder and then laughs quietly. "I love you Peyton Scott."

"And I love you Lucas Scott."

Lucas glances over at his daughter who was currently dancing with her boyfriend. Peyton glances at his direction.

"You've got to let it go," Peyton whispers. "She's a teenager Lucas. She's getting older."

Lucas glances back at Peyton with a frown.

"Is it weird that in my eyes I see her as my little girl?"

Peyton smiles and shakes her head.

"No, both of us missed out on her childhood and that's my fault, but now we just have to be there for Grace now and the future."

Lucas looks back at his daughter and frowns when Grace's boyfriend kisses her. He growls and Peyton brings his attention back to her.

"Let it go, just let it go."

"Peyton, Gracyn talks to you right?"

"For the most part yes, why?"

"Is she having sex?"

Peyton bites the bottom of her lip and Lucas just shakes his head.

"Not her, not now," Lucas complains. "Why didn't you tell me before?"

Peyton chuckles and kisses her husband before answering him.

"Grace was afraid that you would kill Brad and you shouldn't. She's safe Lucas."

"Oh thank god, you couldn't have started with that."

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After dancing, Brad and Grace took a seat. The guests had started leaving awhile ago, so mostly family was still around. Larry had left a few minutes ago and Karen and Lilly left earlier than that.

"My feet are sore," Grace complains.

Brad smiles and grabs Grace's feet. He took of her heels and started rubbing them.

"Such a great boyfriend," Grace states with a smile. "Not that I don't mind, but why are you still here?"

"I came with Derek and he's still sucking off Sam's face."

"Still," Brooke complains after walking up to Grace. Brad nods his head and Brooke stalks off. She spots her daughter in the corner. "Samantha!"

Grace rolls her eyes and gets her feet off of Brad's lap.

"So, for the next week I will be staying with the Baker family. Are we going to double this weekend?"

Brad nods his head.

"Yeah," Brad spots his brother waving him over. "Looks like Brooke broke up Derek's fun. I've got to get out of here."

Grace leans over and kisses Brad.

"I love you," Grace says with a grin.

"I love you, too."

Grace watches Brad leave and smiles when she feels arms wrap around her neck and a kiss is placed on her head.

"Loved the speech babe," Peyton says to her daughter.

"I was kind of winging it. I kind of forgot about that part of being maid of honor."

Peyton takes the seat the Brad was sitting in moments ago.

"Love looks good on you."

Grace just grins.

"Are you guys heading off?" Grace asks after awhile.

"Yeah," Peyton says with a smile. "I just wanted to check in with you before your dad and I head off. Are you sure you're okay with staying with Sam?"

Grace nods her head.

"Absolutely, you go have fun with dad."

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After cleaning up the wedding Grace had settled down in Sam's room. Grace and Sam were both exhausted.

"Hey Sam," Grace asks as she closes her eyes.

"Hmm."

"Do you ever think about them?"

Sam turns to Grace.

"There are times when I do, but then I think that if things were different I never would have met Brooke or Julian and I wouldn't want that because they're amazing parents. I would've liked to be your sister, but I'll settle for cousins, sort of."

Grace laughs and nods her head.

"Yeah, I like that."

After a moment of silence Sam spoke up.

"Grace, are you happy?"

"Yeah, are you?"

"Yeah, I'm happy."

"Good."

Soon they both were asleep.